The styling is terrible, but there's something to be said about using lighter fabric for black tie events in the summer months, and I wonder if seersucker could be an economical and viable alternative to mohair, for instance...Black tie police, please don't shoot me, I'm just wondering aloud.

Well, if you can afford, and feel the need for, a summer tuxedo, I should think you would have your choice of lightweight wool, or perhaps even cotton could be done, if very well pressed. But seersucker is about the least formal material for a suit, and is better suited to a church bazaar, than a black tie affair. Also, why not a white Halsey, if you're going to have a summer-specific edition of your kit?

And, to follow on a previous post, I will paraphrase myself from another thread last week: when only one maker is doing something, it is best to ask yourself why it hasn't been done before, and why it isn't being copied.

The styling is terrible, but there's something to be said about using lighter fabric for black tie events in the summer months, and I wonder if seersucker could be an economical and viable alternative to mohair, for instance...Black tie police, please don't shoot me, I'm just wondering aloud.

J. Crew also sells a chino version. Yes, a chino tuxedo. And I have to admit that I'm almost tempted to get one. I imagine wearing it in the summer when I plan on drinking enough that there's a reasonable chance of being careless enough to damage the tuxedo.

And I imagine wearing one not just without a bow tie, but without any tie at all (I do live in California, after all).

I suppose that the only thing stopping me from getting one is that with two sons in college, there's always a better use for the money.

And the fact that my wife would probably grumble something like, "Do you really need a 29th suit?"

(Being a very successful and senior person in your industry definitely has its advantages, and one of them is the fact that I could actually wear a seersucker or chino tuxedo and absolutely nobody would give me a hard time about it.)

J. Crew also sells a chino version. Yes, a chino tuxedo. And I have to admit that I'm almost tempted to get one. I imagine wearing it in the summer when I plan on drinking enough that there's a reasonable chance of being careless enough to damage the tuxedo.

And I imagine wearing one not just without a bow tie, but without any tie at all (I do live in California, after all).

I suppose that the only thing stopping me from getting one is that with two sons in college, there's always a better use for the money.

And the fact that my wife would probably grumble something like, "Do you really need a 29th suit?"

(Being a very successful and senior person in your industry definitely has its advantages, and one of them is the fact that I could actually wear a seersucker or chino tuxedo and absolutely nobody would give me a hard time about it.)

Seersucker is clearly noticeable (the rumpled texture is a key part of seersucker), as would be a cotton tuxedo or any similar bastardization. Anyone who wears a tuxedo often enough to need a summer option can easily find something more tasteful and less awful (tropical weight wool, etc.). 95% of even well dressed men are not going to need a black tie rig that they can only wear in the summer. This is just another example of a tasteless designer who thinks he needs to create something "new" regardless of how stupid it looks.